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- From: kapa@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (k.a.perkins)
- Subject: Re: Money and the Single World (was: Education and the Single World
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 06:38:24 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.063824.2749@cbnewsc.cb.att.com>
- Summary: your mileage may vary
- References: <1992Nov12.022122.5197@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> <5720@jptcs.COM> <1992Nov17.154927.3208@b8.b8.ingr.com>
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- In article <1992Nov17.154927.3208@b8.b8.ingr.com>, larry@b8.b8.ingr.com (Larry Billings) writes:
- > In article <1992Nov15.144424.13521@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, tlode@nyx.cs.du.edu (trygve lode) writes:
- > >
- > > Personally, I prefer the approach of having a small joint
- > > account funded by both parties for paying expenses like housing, food,
- > > utilities, and the like with the remainder of each person's income
- > > being kept separate--that way neither person has to feel guilty about
- >
- > Question: How much money do you have to put into three seperate accounts or
- > six if you include savings? Most banks today require $500+ for free checking
- > so that ties up 1500 dollars or you pay monthly penalties. Savings accounts
- > often will pay higher percentages for large depositers. Seperateration of funds
- > could cost you money. Save the marriage or save the money, interesting
- > question.
-
- Stupid question. If you have to ask whether free checking is worth more
- than your marriage, the answer is pretty obvious. Some banks let you
- tie your checking account to a savings account, and if you have $X in
- the savings account, then checking is free or pays interest. So, all you
- would need is $3X, not a hard problem.
-
- >
- > > his or her personal spending decisions, neither one has to get
- > > approval from the other, and one can freely give gifts to one's partner
- >
- > I think that will still cause problems, I knew a couple who did that, and when
- > they first told me about it I thought it was a good idea. They did have
- > problems with "he/she is not putting his/her fair share into the general fund.
-
- Here's a radical idea. Couples find a system that works for them, be
- it everything joint, everything separate, or some mixture, and stop
- acting like it should work for everyone else. My sweetie and I have
- been pooling our money or portions thereof for about 10 years, and
- guess what, our system has changed over the years, depending on our
- relative incomes and obligations, plus our definition of "what is a
- joint expense". The important thing about how folks divide up their
- money and bills is how each person involved feels about it and that
- someone is actually paying the bills.
-
- Kate Perkins
-